First, the spirit of seeking truth. Collating scholars in Qing Dynasty emphasized that "it is difficult to distinguish authenticity from falsehood" and "blind obedience" was an important reason for people's misunderstanding, so they emphasized seeking truth through accurate textual research and constantly exploring the mystery of the original texts of ancient books. For example, Qian Daxin, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, put forward "putting truth first" in the Summary of Four Treasures, emphasizing the confirmation and excavation of ancient books.
Second, the attitude of Excellence. Collating scholars in Qing Dynasty have high requirements for literature research. They believe that scientific achievements can only be obtained through rigorous research. In the process of studying the classic literature, they made rigorous textual research and editing, and constantly introduced comprehensive and meticulous collation, which provided important reference and basis for later scholars.
Third, focus on criticism. In Qing Dynasty, collators attached importance to critical reflection on documents, questioned some wrong history and remarks, and devoted themselves to overthrowing some wrong views. Ruhong's criticism of Chunqiu Zuozhuan, The Book of Songs and other documents aims at overthrowing the wrong views of some schools and making readers get a more accurate understanding.
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Qing Dynasty is one of the important periods for the promotion, inheritance and development of China culture. In the Qing Dynasty, collation was a very important knowledge in the field of literature, which was characterized by its emphasis on textual research, the core value of original ancient books, and the cross-application of history, geography, language and other related knowledge, and showed remarkable development characteristics in the process of critical reflection on traditional culture.